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A complex set of negotiations to end Israel's overlapping wars

April 16, 2026. **Hussein Malla/AP** Hussein Malla/AP TEL AVIV, Israel — Three wars, three negotiations. Israel's three main conflicts in the past couple of years — in Iran, Lebanon and Gaza — have now reached a pivotal

What's it like to negotiate with Iran? We asked people who have done it

April 12, 2026. The talks, led by Vice President JD Vance, produced no concrete movement toward a peace deal. **Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images** Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images Despite stalled talks with Iran

U.S.-Iran ceasefire expires this week with no deal in sight

Israel calls Operation "Roaring Lion", over 1,800 Hezbollah operatives were eliminated, according to the statement. ![Barber Mohammad Mehdi cuts the hair of his client Ayman Al Zein inside his shop, which was damaged

Iran shuts Hormuz strait: But wasn’t it already closed?

Israel and Lebanon. But Washington announced a blockade of Iranian ports, including those in the Strait of Hormuz, on April 13, following the collapse of the Islamabad talks. So, on April 18, Iran said

Peace talks in doubt as U.S. seizes Iranian ship

Israel and Iran is set to expire on Wednesday. Here's more news from the Middle East war on Monday: ![Security personnel stand guard at a security checkpost along a road temporarily closed near

Iran war: What is happening on day 47 of the US-Iran conflict?

Lebanon. Trump has signalled a possible second round of talks with Iran in the coming days, even as Washington enforces a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The International Monetary Fund has, meanwhile, warned

What’s Iran’s 14-point proposal to end the war? And will Trump accept it?

Lebanon, and “a new mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz”. Iran, which was also attacked by the US and Israel last June, wants a guarantee against future aggression. Israel has previously targeted Iranian nuclear scientists

Ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire extension

2026. Israeli defence minister said on April 21 that his country's campaign in Lebanon relied on both military and diplomatic pressure to disarm Iran-allied Hezbollah. Though a truce between Israel and Lebanon took

How Lebanon and Iran’s war of words became backdrop for latest Israel war

April. The Israeli invasion has deepened tensions between Iran, which backs Hezbollah, and the Lebanese government, which is seeking exclusive control over weapons in the country. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday

Can historic Israel-Lebanon talks lead to ceasefire?

talks about giving Lebanon and Israel some ‘breathing space’, it could be interpreted as a ceasefire,” she reported. “But I just spoke to an official source in Lebanon who told me that there

Lebanon’s latest truce: What is different from the April agreement?

talks, with the US facilitating communications in the meantime. It remains unclear if that stage of the agreement will ever be reached.  [Al Jazeera

Trump says the US will 'guide' stranded ships from the Strait of Hormuz

April 22. Tehran has effectively closed the strait by attacking and threatening ships, and the threat level in the area remains critical. The first ship was an unidentified cargo ship traveling north near Sirik, Iran

Cloud over US-Iran talks: What are the key sticking points?

APRIL 14, 2026-1776162674](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/INTERACTIVE-Alternative-route-through0Dthe-Strait-of-Hormuz-APRIL-14-2026-1776162674.png?quality=80) ### Enriched uranium Another core issue is Iran’s nuclear programme, particularly its stock of enriched uranium. The US and Israel are pushing for zero uranium enrichment and have

What to know about US-Iran standoff over the Strait of Hormuz

Israel war on Iran](/news/2026/4/19/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-51-of-the-us-iran-conflict), as a standoff between Washington and Tehran is complicating efforts to end the war. Iran on Saturday reversed its decision on reopening the strait, and its military opened fire

Pakistan’s mediation faces limits as Iran-US tensions deepen

2026 [Evan Vucci/Pool via Reuters] ## The proposal breakdown Following the April 8 ceasefire and the collapse of [talks in Islamabad](/news/2026/4/13/pakistan-eyes-narrow-window-to-resuscitate-us-iran-talks-after-breakdown) on April 11-12, Washington and Tehran continued exchanging proposals through Pakistani intermediaries

U.S.-Iran peace deal emerging, while war threats still loom

Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, sparking a regional war that for the first time spread to U.S. allies in the Gulf including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Iran struck U.S. military bases

What lies ahead for Gaza after ceasefires in Iran and Lebanon?

April 8, the US and Iran have maintained a tense ceasefire after weeks of US-Israeli bombing of Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel as well as infrastructure and US assets

How Iran has changed, and how it hasn’t, in two months of war

Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. They have also brought some of the paramilitary fighters inside Iran to help them control the situation, with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) or Hashd al-Shaabi and other armed

Iran fires missiles in Kuwait and Bahrain, U.S. strikes Iran facility

Israel and the U.S. maintain the fighting in Lebanon is separate from the Iran war talks. ### Inflation takes an economic toll on Iran Meanwhile, year-on-year inflation in Iran reached a level

Middle East crisis live: Witkoff and Kushner head to Pakistan for Iran negotiations

Israel and Hezbollah, with few but continued attacks reported since the start of the truce on 17 April. ![Distant view of smoking rising in Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border